Tsukiji Outside Market

December 31, the last day in 2012.
Is this year good for you? Or you want to change something in the next year?
Well, whatever on your mind, I wish you happy in the freshly, brand-new next year.

Today I went to Tsukiji Outside Market, for buying salmon roe, my special dish for tomorrow.
Tsukiji Fish Market has outside market where open for the public. There are fish shops, vegetable shops, sushi restaurants, groceries in narrow lanes.

beautiful tsukiji hongwanji temple with indian architectural motif,
which locates next to tsukiji station.
you can visit to this temple before go to tsukiji market.

Fly to England-6 (Cotswolds-2)

Famous Cotswolds, famous Bibury.
A guide book said "the most beautiful village in England".

tourists from around the world gathered in this small village.
most of their activity is taking a photo!
it was a simple joy in this beautiful village.

Tokyo Midtown@Christmas

Tokyo Midtown, Roppongi, Tokyo.
One of the famous Christmas illumination spot in Tokyo.
Every year I visit to see this beautiful & fascinating place...

starlight garden in tokyo midtown.
illuminations start 5 pm, so it's better you arrive at midtown around 4 pm.
it's not so early, because really crowded and difficult to get this garden.

Tokyo Disney Land@Night

Today is Christmas Eve!
So, I wish Happy Christmas for all of you.

Do you have any special plan for today?

Tokyo Disney Land offers their special event "Christmas Fantasy" until 25th December.
Hurry up everyone!

twinkling christmas tree

Fly to England-5 (Cotswolds-1)

On the 5th day, we started a day with delicious English breakfast.
Bacon, mushrooms, baked beans, black pudding, hush browns, baked tomatoes...
Eggs, bread, pastry.. fruits juice and tea. yogurt, fruits....

It's really enough for us!
Actually it's needed to start that day, because we had plan to visit to Bourton-on-the-Water and Bibury!
Beautiful Cotswolds was waiting for us! So we charged energy by full-English-breakfast.

every morning we had English breakfast like Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson.

Fly to England-4 (Chester-2)

One of my interest during my staying in England is watching show windows.

In Chester, I found a sweet shop. Colourful candies, chocolates was packed in pretty boxes and displayed. It was a real-"Honeydukes" shop! Even I didn't have an opportunity to enter that shop, still, I was so happy to watch lovely show windows.(No opportunity to take some picture too... just passing).

I'm so sure that visiting sweet shops will be my happy-to-do-list for next time in England.

Well,  another treat. There were many fantastic scene in this old town.

of course I love cake!
which should I choice for today's delight..

Fly to England-3 (Chester-1)

On the 4th day, we were in Chester. Since I have had a kind of romantic images about this city, I felt so exciting to come. Such as castle, city wall, cathedral... pretty small shops... historical buildings..

And it was true. I could feel it and luckily we could have time to walk around this town.

angels in the cathedral.
I just felt so happy to meet them.

Fly to England-2 (Lake District)

On the third day in England, we were in Bowness, Windermere. First, we visited to "The World of Beatrix Potter", and then to "Dove Cottage & The Wordsworth Museum". After lunch, we moved to Chester. We stayed at some hotel in Mollington, Chester.

early morning, after breakfast,
in the hotel's garden next to a lake.
we enjoyed freshly chill air!

Fly to England-1 (Stratford-upon-Avon)

It was early November, I was in England with my mum.

12 hours in the sky, the time difference between Tokyo and London is 9 hours.

After such long time flight, we arrived in London, and then got on a bus to Stratford-upon-Avon.

guy fawkes night, near hotel@stratford-upon-avon

Stratford-upon-Avon